Improvement in governors



METERS. PMOTD-UTMDGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

JAMES L. TODDQOF NEW'B'URG, NEW YORK.Y

Letters Patent No. 108,848, dated'November 1, 1870.

The Schedule refeneld to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, JAMES L. f loDD, of N ewburg, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have. invented a new Governor; and I do hereby Ydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in combining armed bell-cranks, the ends of which represent parts of nuts, with right and left-hand threads, to match "into .right-and-left screws cut uponithe governor-spindie, which will be moved upor down by either one pair or the other pair ot' arms being thrown into the thread of the screw byrthe irregular motion or speed of the governor-balls.

The spindle, being moved up or down, operates the valve, which remains in position, as soon as the governor. moves at its regular speed, when neither pair of arms are in contact with the screw.

This arrangemcntlcaves the valve itself disconnected from the governor as often as the engine or the governor run at their regular speed.

The engine may run light or with a load, and as soon as the load of the engine is changed, and, with it, the speed, thc least change in the speed makes the arms enter the thread ou lthe governor-spiinlle and set the valve right to admit steam enough to do the new work with the same speed.- The movement of the valve is done quick and positive, every turn or revolution ofthe governor moving the spindle as-ni uch as the pitch ofthe screw from the time the arms enter the thread. lhc valve itself, which preferably is a balanced valve,- requires little power to be moved; but should it cven require more power than usual, this combination of power, the cen'- trifugal motion of the governor-balls with the screw will certainly move thc steam-valve, and can easily be so arranged as to regulate the cut-oli' valve on steamengines, or to any other rigging or machinery, to regulate water-gates for water-wheels, &c., on account of the power which is gained in this combination of the. high-speed governor and the screw.

The length of the screw determines the range ot' regulation by the governor, and the distance between the ends of the double arms again gives the length of the screw.

On a balanced 'steam-valve, only. a short distance has to be traveled over by the valve-rod to open or to shut the valve complete.

rlhe motion of the valve-rod, after the valve is fully 'open or shut, is stopped by thc/ thread being turned away on the spindle, so that the arms run ont the thread on the spindle as -soon as the valve is full open or shut; the upper arms as well as the lower arms, run out at the same distance, and, therefore, the thread has to be turned away only where the righthand and left-hand threads meet on the spindle.

A small attachment is made to the governor to regulate the springs to run the governor the right speed. l

The governor-balls, which are. preferably fastened to a pair of elliptical springs, are connected by a pair of small links to a common cross-head, which can slide 4up or down on the spindle above the balls, and

which is kept up by a spiral spring below the crosshead.

by a movabi'e collar below it on the same spindle being screwed upor'down on threads cut on the spilldle for that purpose.

Y Above the spindle is fastened au ornament to give the whole a good finish, and to cover some of the smaller parts of the governor. v

For further explanation, I iefer to the drawing, in which- Figure l represents' a longitudinal vertical section of the governor.

Figure 2 is a side view.

Figure 3, a front View of the upper part of the governor-spindle.

A represents the bonnet ot' the steam-valvechamber, and through it passes the rod G, which connects with the stem of the steam-valve.

The friction of the rod G in the stuffing-box Z holds the valve and stem from dropping down, and keeps it where the governor places it.

Into the top part B of' the bonnet is screwed in or securely fastened ahollow tube, C C, which is stationyary with the bonnet, but around which moves another tube 'D D, by means of a bevel-wheel, Q, fastened to the lower end of tube D, and driven by another bevelgear, It, attached to a shaft, .l, which is running through sleeve S, andV is driven by, pulley U.

The sleeve E ll, which is fastened to the top part of B, in halves, holds the tube D D in position.

The two elliptical springs, 0 O, carry at' their upper ends the two balls N N, which are made in halvesand held together and to the springs by means of bolts m m with heads M M.

'lhese balls N N are connected bytwo links, L L, to the a-rms Wr YV of two fork-shaped toes, F F FF,

This spiral spring-canv be strengthened or loosened,

which turn on the pins k k between the lugs K, cast onthe tube I) l), and turn with the sleeve D 1). l

rLhe center rod G is movable only up or down, and is prevented from turning by a key, H, through the4 stationary tube C C, but the slot I allows the rod G to move up and down as 1n uch as is required to open the steam-valve or to shut it. v

At the upper end of the rod' G is cnt right-hand thread Gr2 and left-hand thread Gl, which are so placed that the upper arms F' F, the faces of which contain corresponding threads, will lie inthe thread Gr2 when the governor is running below its regular speed, or in the space'g, between G2 a-nd Gl, when the governor is runnin g slowr or is stopping altogetherthe valve is open in that instance or the lower arms F F lie with their faces in the thread Gll when the governor runs too quick and, in this ease, the valve is being closed more and more until the arms F l" come in the saine space g', when the valve is closed, and the governor will regain its regular speed or run below it, when again the upper arms 1*" 1s" will fall in the thread G, and screw open the valve again; only, as soon as the governor runs at its regular speed, both pairof toes, F F and F ll', are out ol' the thread, and the spindle G is free or disconnected from the influence of the balls. h

The balls N N are only allowed to travel a short distance toward the spindle or from it, and the springs O O, which carry the balls, are so sensitive that only a very small difference in motion-is required to throw `the balls out or draw them in, which motion sets t0 work the lower or upper toes and regulates the position oi' the valvovto give just sufficient steam to do the work with the normal speed.

To regulate the elliptic springs O O andthe speed at which the governor shall usually run, the balls N N are hung up by small links, cl'd, to a cross-head, n, which is pushed or pressed upward against a shoulder, V,'by an adjustable spiral spring, c c.

By screwing up or down the ring or nut l on the thread that is cut on the spindle D D the spring c c can be loosened or tightened, so that the balls N N have to pull more or less by diverging to get the toes F Il" out the thread on spindle G.

Right below the ring or nut P is, on the sleeve D, a ring, a a, cast ou for the purpose of letting alp-air of small springs, 'q q, which are fastened to cross-head u n, mark a lght'stopping place, when the recessq in the spring rests on the edge of a a, which is the case when lthe overnor runs at the regular speed, and both toes F auf F are ont of the thread on the spindle G.

It will require a little power to make the springs q q slip over the edge e, and that is suicient to push the toes F l" or F' F deep into the thread Grl or G? to work well in the thread.

A bell-shaped ornament, x, fastened 011 top of stem V, serves to cover the smaller parts of the governor and to give a pleasant finish to the whole governor.

That I claim, and desire to secure' by Letters' Patent, is

1. rlhe double-armed bell-cranks F and li", with righ t-hand and left-hand thread on their faces to 'act as: nuts alternatelyon a right-hand and left-hand screw,- for the purpose as specified.

v 2. The spindle G, with right and left-hand thread cnt on it, so tha-tthe nuts F and F', acting on it and turning in the same direction, will raise or lower it.

3.` The direct connection of the governor-balls N N with the arms F-y 11" by means of. the links L L, for the purpose of throwing either arms F F or Il" F into the right-hand or the left-hand screw G2 or G1 on the spindle G, to move up or down the -spindle G, which may be connected to a steam-valve, variable cut-oit` rigging, water-gate, 85o., as specified.

4. The spindle G, provided with recessed spaces g1 and y2 at the end of'the thread for the purpose of pre venting excessive play or movement of the valve-stern.

5. lhe combination of the elliptical springs-q q, connected to cross-head rn, with the sharpsedged collar a', for the purpose of' preventing the Hutter of the halls, v illeidental to the irregularmotion of each single stroke of the steam-engine, from throwing either arms F or F in the thread on spindle Gr. JAMES L. TODD.

\Vitnesscs ARTHUR V. WiL'rsIn, J. O. Lun. 

